Miyajima
Miyajima is one of the crown jewels of Japan, and certainly one of its finest views. Located off the coast of Hiroshima, in Hiroshima Prefecture, the serene beauty of the island is an essential coda to that city.
- Island
- …has about 540 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 300 metres (970 feet)
- Description: island in Hiroshima, Japan
- Also known as“Itsuku”“Itsukushima”“Ituku Sima”“Miya Sima”“Miya-shima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Itsukushima Shrine and Mount Misen.
Itsukushima Shrine
Protected area
Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miyajima.
Miyajima
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Latitude
34.2725° or 34° 16′ 21″ north
Longitude
132.304° or 132° 18′ 14″ east
Open location code
8Q6J78F3+2H
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Miyajima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيتسوكوشيما”
- Azerbaijani: “İsukusima”
- Azerbaijani: “İtsukuşima”
- Balinese: “Itsukushima”
- Basque: “Itsukushima uhartea”
- Basque: “Itsukushima”
- Catalan: “Itsukushima”
- Catalan: “Miyajima”
- Cebuano: “Itsuku Shima”
- Chinese: “严岛”
- Chinese: “嚴島”
- Chinese: “安藝之宮島”
- Chinese: “安藝宮島”
- Chinese: “宫岛”
- Czech: “Icukušima”
- Czech: “Mijadžima”
- Dutch: “Miyajima”
- Esperanto: “Icukuŝima”
- Esperanto: “Itsukushima”
- Esperanto: “Mijaĵima”
- Estonian: “Itsukushima”
- Finnish: “Miyajima”
- French: “île Itsuku”
- French: “Itsuku-shima”
- French: “Miyajima”
- German: “Itsukushima”
- German: “Miyajima”
- Hebrew: “איטסוקושימה”
- Hebrew: “איצוקושימה”
- Hebrew: “מיאג’ימה”
- Hungarian: “Icukusima”
- Indonesian: “Itsukushima”
- Indonesian: “Miyajima”
- Italian: “Itsukushima”
- Italian: “Miyajima”
- Japanese: “伊都岐島”
- Japanese: “厳島”
- Japanese: “安芸の宮島”
- Japanese: “宮島”
- Kashmiri: “اِژُکُشِما”
- Korean: “미야지마 섬”
- Korean: “이쓰쿠시마섬”
- Persian: “ایتسوکوشیما”
- Polish: “Itsukushima”
- Polish: “Miyajima”
- Polish: “Wyspa Miyajima”
- Portuguese: “Itsukushima”
- Russian: “Ицукусима-дзиндзя”
- Russian: “Ицукусима”
- Russian: “Миядзима”
- Russian: “Синтоистская святыня острова Ицукусима”
- Slovenian: “Icukušima”
- Spanish: “Itsukushima”
- Spanish: “Miyajima”
- Sundanese: “Itsukushima”
- Swedish: “Itsukushima”
- Turkish: “Itsukushima”
- Ukrainian: “Іцукушіма”
- Ukrainian: “Міяджіма”
- Ukrainian: “Міядзіма”
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